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Perhaps for that reason, when Sinise was first approached about headlining the series, his character had a different name. "I think it was Carlucci, or something like that, and I said, "'I just don't feel like a Carlucci,' he says, a faint trace of a smile flickering across his stern face. "Sinise is actually Italian, but Carlucci is far more ethnically specific, so we started working out what his name would be and his backy star explains, ground," the noting that in this third season it's hard to fully remember which were his ideas and which were the EVEN MOPE. low-ke- IVE HEARD UXa lOOKSM J UALLY. WHAT ARE YOUR GOALS FOR THE CONING YEAR? WUT IVE R I ( HAvEKW ICICLE rAY GOAL IS TO REPLACE NY SOUL UITH COFFEE AND BEGONE INNORTAL. ( iX TiUT TUeS CAUSE AN TO FAU. .. I PTJTHAT NEAN SON- ETHING THOUGHT ABOUT YOU SAID work. riy GOALS. OH. I ) producer's. On a soundstage on the CBS lot in suburban Studio City, pictures of Taylor in his previous job as a Marine hang on the walls of the crime unit office alongside a plaque with a maxim about the importance of a nation taking "care of its dead." Taylor is a widower who lost his a plot wife in the 911 attacks point that in 2004 led the series to film the conclusion of its first episode at ground zero. "I think he's very private. That doesn't necessarily have to be a flaw, but some people can interpret it that way," says Sinise, who tends to be that way himself. "He brings leadership ability to the job. ... He's got a lot of integrity. He's the kind feature two plot lines, so in this episode Taylor's cohort, Detective Stella Bonasera (Melina Kanakare-des)- , finds herself interrogating a shoplifter played by singer Nelly Furtado, who is linked to a different murder case. velvet Fetching in a jacket her trademark curly hair Kanakaredes explains gleaming she was attracted to the role because, "It's the polar opposite of what I was known for: (the TV series) 'Providence' being a show, and this being a death and dark-gree- n feel-goo- d dying show." The cast has similar notions about why audiences are attracted to the series. "Our stories are all inclusive. ... There's a sense of mystery and excitement," says Kanakaredes. "People like to watch people in uncomfortable positions, I guess. ..: But it's also watching people solving a mystery and that's something people are always interested in," says Carmine Giovinazzo, who plays Danny Messer, the crime unit's smart alec. "They are little Sherlock Holmes (tales). Agatha Christie type mysteries. For centuries, people have been captivated, fascinated by mysteries. We do them every week," says Sinise. Although crime solving drives the show, the actors seek to inject as many shadings as possible into the characters. Research and expert technical advice help them with crime-la- b jargon and procedure. Hill Harper, who plays Chief Medical Examiner Sheldon Hawkes, is "a fan of research," he says. He sat in on an autopsy where "the smell was the most intense" he'd ever experienced. That was, until he went to the Body Farm, the famed University of Tennessee research center where corpses are studied in various stages of decomposition. "That made my autopsy experience seem like nothing." No smell effects are added to the dead bodies portrayed by live actors and brilliant prosthetics on "CSI: NY," but there's gore a plenty. Kanakaredes makes sure her little daughters, who accompany her to work, don't glimpse any bloodactors. ied, battered or carved-u"There will be this man with half of his face blown off, talking on a cell phone and smoking a cigarette in the studio parking lot, and like 'ixnay' on coming this way," says Kanakaredes in a mock warning. "It's not Halloween, and I don't want my children to see you." p |